CATEGORIES

THE CURRENT CINEMA - OUTLIERS

“Joyland” and “Acidman.”

IT'S NOT THAT DEEP

How Preston Sturges found life on the surface.

THE FERRY

Hey I understand you’re angry, the first message said. A man’s voice, probably a man my age. I would be angry, too. I know I messed up. I know it’s not the first time I messed up. I have been dealing with a lot.

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS - YOUNG AND RESTLESS

Michael R. Jackson writes a soap-opera musical.

FAMILIAR HAUNTS

A sonically thrilling revival of “Sweeney Todd” on Broadway.

ANNALS OF EDUCATION - THE CITADEL

Hillsdale College’s battle for the soul of American education.

UPSTATE FANTASY

SHOUTS & MURMURS

A Reporter at Large - The Fog

Adoptees reckon with the secrets of the adoption industry and its emotional cost.

Blasted

The I.R.A., the Brits, and a bomb that shook the nations.

Cheryl Strayed is Here for You

The Tiny Beautiful Things author revisits her advice column in a television series

Saving The Seine

Inside the radical effort to clean up the world's most romantic river

Fiction – Alisa Lyudmila Ulitskaya

By the time life was brought to perfection, old age had arrived. The last costly touch was a small bathtub, installed after a lot of reflection and searching.

Crossover Artist

A neuroscientist and musician unites his two passions.

A Reporter at Large - The Smear Factory

Rumors ruined Hazim Nada's business. Hackers told him who did it.

Nan Goldin's Happy Ending

The demimonde photographer has long considered herself a filmmaker. What happened when a movie was made about her?

The New Light Is Bad

There's something off about LED bulbs-which will soon be, thanks to a federal ban, the only kind you can buy.

UPCOMING LANDMARKS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

SHOUTS & MURMURS

GENTLEMAN'S GAME

\"Great Expectations,\" on Hulu.

BLUES MEN

\"Hang Time,\" by Zora Howard.

THE STORY GOES

The shape-shifting fictions of Kelly Link.

LONG DIVISION

How the East German novelist Brigitte Reimann electrified socialist realism.

AMERICAN CHRONICLES DATA-DRIVEN

Machines have given powerful way of knowing things. There are others.

ANNALS OF RELIGION UNDER GOD

How Christian is Christian nationalism?

Minority Report

I dream often of a man I knew more than thirty years ago. When I say “knew,” that is not accurate; I barely I than thirty years ago. When I say “knew,” that is not accurate; I barely knew him at all.

SEEING THINGS

Sebastian Barry's Irish marvels.

COSTUME DRAMA

J. Crew and the paradoxes of prep.

THE OZEMPIC ERA

Will new medications change how we think about being fat and being thin?

DRAWING BOARD

The graphic designer Milton Glaser made America cool again.

GHOSTS ON THE STAGE

Pina Bausch's legacy.

PLEASE INVITE ME TO YOUR PARTY

I’m a great guest. For one, I will appreciate all your deep cleaning. The baseboards you scrubbed, the silverware you polished to a high gleam, the corners you awkwardly maneuvered the Swiffer into, to sweep the last crumbs and bits of cat hair out of sight.